Combined cabinet and piano



J. H. DICKINSON.

COMBIIYED CABINET AND PIANO. APPLIUATION FILED NOV. 5, I918- 1,424,885,- Patented Aug.8, 1922.,

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I $51 fi Clue M404 UNITED STATES PATENT orslcsg JOSEPH HUNTER DICKINSON, OF LARGHMONT, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE AEOLIAN COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

COMBINED CABINET AND PIANO.

(Specification of Letters Patent. Pate t d A 8 1922 Application filed November 5, 1918. Serial No. 261,240;

To cll whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrri HUNTER DICKINSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Larchmont, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Cabinets and Pianos, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to a cabinet adapted to be mounted on topot' a piano for housing music-rolls, a phonograph, or records, etc, said cabinet being adapted to be operated into a position off the top of the piano so as to give access to the tuningpins, etc.

In the drawings, which show only two of the specific embodiments my invention is adapted to talre,-Figure 1 is a side-elevation of the upper part of an upright piano embodying my cabinet invention, the dotted lines showing the cabinet swung into its rearward position to permit the piano to be tuned; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the devices in Fig. 1, the dotted lines again showing the cabinet swung into its rearward position; and Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the cabinet and the upper front portion of the piano. Finally, Fig. d is a side-elevation of an em bodiment similar to Fig. 1 except that the end of the cabinet has the same dimension as the end of the piano.

Describing now these specific embodiments of my invention, .1 designates the uprightpiano casing, 2 the removable front-board, 3 the front section of the lid which is hinged as shown and capable of being raised to give access to the tuning-pins 4t, and 8 designates the cabinet.

The cabinet is supported on two arms 9-9 whose forward ends are provided with vertical pivot-pins 10 received, into suitable sockets in the bottom of the cabinet. their rear ends, the arms 99 are integral with vertical pivot-pins 11-11 swivelling in sockets 1212 secured to the back of the piano. This construction is advantageous in that the cabinet is supported at both ends. Further, it is only necessary to pull the piano a short distance away from the wall to allow the cabinet to be swung to one side and. rearwardly along with the arms 99 into the dotted position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, this being SUlllClQDll to permit the piano-lid 3 to be raised.

Fig. dis a trout view of the cabinet 8 in its normal position on top of the piano. This cabinet is designed to receive music rolls and may be provided with any suitable i'ront closure.

I Fig. i is intended to show an embodiment in all respects similar to that in Figs. 1 and 2 except that the cabinet 8 islarge enough to cover the entire top of the piano and is suitable to house a phonograph, etc. The

dotted lines show how even such a large cabinet can be swung back into a position permitting access to the interior of the piano.

W hat I claim is:

The combination with an upright piano having a lid for the top thereof, the front section or"? said lid being hinged to swing upwardly and thus uncover an opening in the top of the piano through which access may be had to the interior thereof, of, a cab inet, and a pair of horizontally swinging;

arms having relatively offset verticalpivots at their opposite ends, the pivots on respec tive ends of the arms being rotatably connected to the cabinet at points toward its opposite ends, and the pivots at the opposite ends of the arms having means for rotatably supporting them at the back of the piano adjacent to its top, said arms being of such length and so operative that while they are at the limit of their forward movement they support the cabinet in superposed parallel relation with the top of the piano and'when swung rearwardly they support the cabinet in parallelism but oiiiset rearwardly of the rear edge ct the'i'ront hinged section of the lid.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 4th day of November, 1918.

. JOSEPH HUNTER DICKINSON. 

